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Markup Markup Date: November 16, 2016 9:00 am

Full Committee Business Meeting

Full Committee on Oversight and Accountability
H.R. 6302, the Overtime Pay for Secret Service Agents Act of 2016
  • Allows agents of the United States Secret Service to receive additional overtime premium pay during the year of a presidential election.
Passed Voice Link
Amendment Cummings Amendment
H.R. 6303, To designate facilities of the United States Postal Service, to establish new ZIP Codes, and for other purposes
  • Consolidates 10 postal naming bills that have been reported favorably by the Committee, passed the House, and are awaiting Senate action;
  • Instructs the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for Miami Lakes, Florida; Storey County, Nevada; Flanders, Northampton and Riverside in the Town of Southampton, New York; Ocoee, Florida; and Glendale, New York, to improve the provision of mail delivery in those areas.
Passed Voice Link
H.R. 3387, the Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2015
  • Requires the Smithsonian Institution to comply with several laws:  the Freedom of Information Act, the Government in the Sunshine Act, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the Privacy Act.  
Passed Voice Link
Amendment Holmes Norton ANS
H.R. 5384, the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2016
  • Prohibits the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to members of Congress or any offices within the federal government unless the member or office requests a specific copy of the Federal Register, or the member or office requests a subscription of the printed version of the Federal Register.  
Passed Unanimous Link
H.R. 6186, the Follow the Rules Act
  • Amends the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 to codify Congress' longstanding understanding that protections against retaliation apply to any federal employee who refuses to obey an order that would require the employee to violate a rule or regulation;
  • Amends 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(9)(D), adding the words "rule, or regulation" after the word "law."
Passed Voice Link
H.R. 5948, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 830 Kuhn Drive in Chula Vista, California, as the "Jonathan 'J.D.' De Guzman Post Office Building" Passed Unanimous Link
H.R. 6138, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 560 East Pleasant Valley Road, Port Hueneme, California, as the "U.S. Naval Construction Battalion 'Seabees' Fallen Heroes Post Office Building" Passed Unanimous Link
H.R. 6282, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, as the "Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building" Passed Unanimous Link
H.R. 6304, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 North Main Street in Florence, Arizona, as the "Adolfo 'Harpo' Celaya Post Office" Passed Unanimous Link